Noon forecast

Press, 18 April 1981, Page 56

Noon forecast

General forecast: Showers in western areas ! of the South Island; a cool i south-westerly change will bring showers to eastern | areas this afternoon. J District forecasts: 1 Canterbury: Fresh northwesterlies in exposed places, with showers about the Alps and considerable high cloud elsewhere; a change to cooler south-westerlies with showers in most places spreading from the south this afternoon. Nelson: Mainly fine and mild;

fresh westerlies in exposed places. Marlborough: Strong north- .. westerlies about the Sounds, otherwise; moderate winds predominating; mainly ' fine and mild. Buller, Westland: Periods of rain, with isolated thunderstorms at first; fresh westerly to northwesterly winds, but cooler south westerlies gradually prevailing. Outlook: Mainly fine in the east . from Canterbury north; showers likely in the west.

CHRISTCHURCH READINGS

SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun — Today.- Rises, 6.58 a.m.; sets, 5.59 p.m. Tomorrow; Rises, 6.59 a.m.; sets, 5.57 p.m. Moon Today/ Rises, 5.43 p.m.; sets, 5.29 a.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.9 p.m.: sets, 6.28 a.m. High tide.at Lyttelton — today: 3.41 a m. and 4.4 p.m. Tomorrow: . 4.23 a.m. and ; 4.4B p.m? (Akaroa, - subtract 45miri.‘ Port Levy, subtract 30rriin. Ashburton' and Rakaia. subtract 25min. Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min. Kaikoura, add 17min. Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon. Full' moon: Tomorrow. 8 p.m. Last quarter: April 27, 10 p.m. New moon: May 4, 4 p.m. ' First quarter: May 11, 10 a.m. NOON WEATHER Auckland: 21deg., fine; W., 8 knots Wellington: 18deg., cloudy, N.W., IV knots:-■ Christchurch: 19deg, cloudy, E, 11 knots. Dunedin:' 14dcg., cloudy, E, 11 ' knots. ... - ■ WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in' the main cities of Australia yesterday were:

Adelaide, 16, 20; Brisbane, 16, 29; Canberra. 4. 22; Darwin, 23, 34; Hobart, 7. 19; Melbourne, 13, 21; P.erth, 18. 25 (noon); Sydney, 15, 24. : Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 5, 16; Athens, 12, 25; Bahrain, 25, 32; Bangkok, 27, 32; Beirut, 14, 19; Belgrade. 7, 20; Berlin, 2. 11; Bogota, 10, 19; Brussels, 6, 13; Buenos Aires, 13, 21; Cairo, 11, 24; Caracas, 16. 28; Chicago, 1, 16; Copenhagen, 5, 15; Dublin, 8, 16: Frankfurt, 7, 21; Geneva, 10, 22; Havana, 20. 29; Helsinki, -1 '5; Hong Kong, 22, 28; Honolulu, 20, 28; Jakarta, 23, 32; Jerusalem, 12, 17; Johannesburg, 13, 25; Kiev, 0. 6; Kuala Lumpur, 24, 33; Lima, 20, 24; Lisbon, 11, 17; London, 5. 14; Los Angeles, 13, 16; Madrid, 5, 20; Manila, 22, 36; Mexico City, 10, 20; Miami. 23, 28; Montreal. -8. 1; Moscow,: -3, 4; Nassau, 19, 27; New Delhi, 26, 39; New' York, 3, -11; Nicosia, 11. 24; Oslo, 0, 12; Paris. 7, 18; Rio, 17. 32; Rome. 9, 13; San Francisco, 10, 13;. San. Juan.. 24, 29; Santiago, io. 22; Sao'Paulo, 17, 27; .Seoul. 6, 20; Singapore. 23. 32; Stockholm. 1. 7: Taipei, 22. 28; Tel Aviv. 14. 21; Tokyo, 11. 16, Toronto, -2, 7; Vancouver, 5,15; Vienna, 6,17.